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{{Short description|1=Overview of and topical guide to Virginia}}
{{see also|Index of Virginia-related articles}}

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[[File:Map of USA VA.svg|thumb|The location of the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]] in the [[United States of America]]]]
The following [[Outline (list)|outline]] is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Virginia:

'''[[Virginia]]''' (officially, the Commonwealth of Virginia) – U.S. state located in the South Atlantic region of the United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" due to its status as a former dominion of the English Crown,<ref name=encolddominion>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Old_Dominion|title=Old Dominion|publisher=Encyclopedia Virginia}}</ref> and "Mother of Presidents" due to the most U.S. presidents having been born there. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city, and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's estimated population as of 2013 is over 8.2 million.
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== General reference ==
[[File:Map of Virginia NA.png|thumb|An enlargeable map of the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]]]]
* Names
** Common name: [[Virginia]]
*** Pronunciation: {{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Virginia.ogg|v|ər|ˈ|dʒ|ɪ|n|i|ə}}
** [[List of U.S. states by alphabet|Official name]]: [[Commonwealth of Virginia]]
** Abbreviations and name codes
*** [[List of U.S. state abbreviations|Postal symbol]]: VA
*** [[ISO 3166-2:US#Codes|ISO 3166-2 code]]: [[US-VA]]
*** [[Internet]] [[second-level domain]]: [[.va.us]]
** Nicknames
*** Mother of Presidents
*** '''The Old Dominion'''<ref name=PopikSmoky>Barry Popik, [http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/summary12/ Smoky City], barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005</ref>
*** The Commonwealth
* [[Adjectivals and demonyms for U.S. states|Adjectival]]s: [[Virginia]], [[Virginian (disambiguation)|Virginian]]
* [[Adjectivals and demonyms for U.S. states|Demonym]]: Virginian

== Geography of Virginia ==

[[Geography of Virginia]]
* Virginia is: a [[U.S. state]], a [[State (administrative division)|federal state]] of the United States of America
* Location
** [[Northern hemisphere]]
** [[Western hemisphere]]
*** [[Americas]]
**** [[North America]]
***** [[Anglo America]]
***** [[Northern America]]
****** [[United States of America]]
******* [[Contiguous United States]]
******** [[Eastern United States]]
********* [[East Coast of the United States]]
********* [[Mid-Atlantic states]]
********* [[Southeastern United States]]
******** [[Southern United States]]
* [[Demographics of Virginia#Population|Population of Virginia]]: 8,001,024 (2010 U.S. Census<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51000.html
| title = U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Virginia
| access-date = 2011-11-18
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120802190154/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51000.html
| archive-date = 2012-08-02
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>)
* [[Geography of Virginia#Area|Area of Virginia]]:
* [[:commons:Atlas of Virginia|Atlas of Virginia]]

=== Places in Virginia ===

* Historic places in Virginia
** Abandoned communities in Virginia
*** [[List of ghost towns in Virginia|Ghost towns in Virginia]]
** [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia|National Historic Landmarks in Virginia]]
** [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia]]
*** [[List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia|Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
* [[List of National Natural Landmarks in Virginia|National Natural Landmarks in Virginia]]
* [[List of national parks in Virginia|National parks in Virginia]]
* [[List of Virginia state parks|State parks in Virginia]]

=== Environment of Virginia ===

[[Environment of Virginia]]
* [[Climate of Virginia]]
** [[Climate change in Virginia]]
* Protected areas in Virginia
** [[List of Virginia state forests|State forests of Virginia]]
* [[List of Superfund sites in Virginia|Superfund sites in Virginia]]

==== Natural geographic features of Virginia ====

* [[List of lakes in Virginia|Lakes of Virginia]]
* [[List of mountains in Virginia|Mountains of Virginia]]
* [[List of gaps of Virginia|Gaps of Virginia]]
* [[List of rivers of Virginia|Rivers of Virginia]]

=== Regions of Virginia ===

* [[Central Virginia]]
* [[Northern Virginia]]
* [[Southern Virginia]]

==== Administrative divisions of Virginia ====
[[File:Map of Virginia Counties and Independent Cities 2013.svg|thumb|An enlargeable map of the [[List of counties in Virginia|95 counties and 38 independent cities]] of the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]]]]
* The [[List of counties in Virginia|95 Counties and 38 Cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia]]
** Municipalities in Virginia
*** [[List of cities in Virginia|Cities in Virginia]]
**** [[List of U.S. state and territorial capitals|State capital]] of Virginia:
**** [[List of city nicknames in Virginia|City nicknames in Virginia]]
*** [[List of towns in Virginia|Towns in Virginia]]
*** [[List of unincorporated communities in Virginia|Unincorporated communities in Virginia]]

=== Demography of Virginia ===

[[Demographics of Virginia]]

== Government and politics of Virginia ==

[[Politics of Virginia]]
* [[Form of government]]: [[State governments of the United States|U.S. state government]]
* [[United States congressional delegations from Virginia]]
* [[Virginia State Capitol]]
* [[Elections in Virginia]]
** [[Electoral reform in Virginia]]
* [[Political party strength in Virginia]]

=== Branches of the government of Virginia ===

[[Government of Virginia]]

==== Executive branch of the government of Virginia ====
* [[Governor of Virginia]]
** [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia]]
** [[Secretary of State of Virginia]]
* State departments
** [[Virginia Department of Transportation]]

==== Legislative branch of the government of Virginia ====

* [[Virginia General Assembly]] ([[bicameral]])
** [[Upper house]]: [[Virginia Senate]]
** [[Lower house]]: [[Virginia House of Delegates]]

==== Judicial branch of the government of Virginia ====

[[Courts of Virginia]]
* [[Virginia Supreme Court|Supreme Court of Virginia]]

=== Law and order in Virginia ===

[[Law of Virginia]]
* [[Cannabis in Virginia]]
* [[Capital punishment in Virginia]]
** [[List of individuals executed in Virginia|Individuals executed in Virginia]]
* [[Constitution of Virginia]]
* [[Crime in Virginia]]
* [[Gun laws in the United States (by state)#Virginia|Gun laws in Virginia]]
* Law enforcement in Virginia
** [[List of law enforcement agencies in Virginia|Law enforcement agencies in Virginia]]
*** [[Virginia State Police]]

=== Military in Virginia ===

* [[Virginia Air National Guard]]
* [[Virginia Army National Guard]]

=== Local government in Virginia ===

[[Local government in Virginia]]

== History of Virginia ==
[[History of Virginia]]

=== History of Virginia, by period ===
*[[Prehistory of Virginia]]
**[[Native American tribes in Virginia]]
***[[Powhatan]]
*[[England|English]] [[Colony of Virginia]], 1584–1707
**[[Roanoke Colony]], 1585–1587
**[[Jamestown, Virginia]], 1607–1760
**[[History of slavery in Virginia]]
**[[Williamsburg, Virginia|Middle Plantation, Virginia]], since 1632 ([[Williamsburg, Virginia|Williamsburg]] since 1698)
*[[France|French]] colony of [[Louisiana (New France)|Louisiane]], 1699–1764
*[[United Kingdom|British]] [[Colony of Virginia]], 1707–1776
*[[French and Indian War]], 1754–1763
**[[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762]]
**[[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris of 1763]]
*[[United Kingdom|British]] [[Indian Reserve (1763)|Indian Reserve]], 1763–1783
**[[Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
**[[Dunmore's War]] 1774
*[[Virginia in the American Revolution|American Revolutionary War]], 1775–1783
**[[United States Declaration of Independence]] of 1776
**[[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris of 1783]]
*[[History of Virginia#Independence|Commonwealth of Virginia]] since 1776
*[[Cherokee–American wars]], 1776–1794
*First state to ratify the [[Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union]], signed July 9, 1778
*[[State cessions|Northwestern territorial claims]] ceded 1784
*[[Tenth State|Tenth state]] to ratify the [[Constitution of the United States of America]] on June 25, 1788
*[[George Washington]] becomes the first [[President of the United States]] on April 30, 1789
*[[District of Kentucky|Separation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky]], 1792
*[[Thomas Jefferson]] becomes the third [[President of the United States]] on March 4, 1801
*[[James Madison]] becomes the fourth [[President of the United States]] on March 4, 1809
*[[War of 1812]], 1812–1815
*[[Treaty of Ghent]], December 24, 1814
*[[James Monroe]] becomes the fifth [[President of the United States]] on March 4, 1817
*[[William Henry Harrison]] becomes ninth [[President of the United States]] on March 4, 1841
*[[John Tyler]] becomes the tenth [[President of the United States]] on April 4, 1841
*[[Mexican–American War]], April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
*[[Zachary Taylor]] becomes 12th [[President of the United States]] on March 4, 1849
*[[Virginia in the American Civil War]], 1861–1865
**[[Confederate States of America]], 1861–1865
***Eighth state to declare secession from the United States on April 17, 1861
***Eighth state admitted to the [[Confederate States of America]] on May 7, 1861
**[[First Battle of Bull Run|Manassas Campaign]], July 2–21, 1861
***[[First Battle of Bull Run]], July 21, 1861
**[[Battle of Hampton Roads]], March 8–9, 1862
**[[Valley Campaign]], March 23 – June 9, 1862
**[[Peninsula Campaign]], March – July 1862
***[[Battle of Seven Pines]], May 31 – June 1, 1862
***[[Seven Days Battles]], June 25 – July 1, 1862
**[[Northern Virginia Campaign]], July 19 – September 1, 1862
***[[Second Battle of Bull Run]], August 29–30, 1862
**[[Battle of Fredericksburg]], December 11–15, 1862
**[[Battle of Chancellorsville]], May 1–4, 1863
**[[History of West Virginia#Separation|Separation of the State of West Virginia]], 1863
**[[Bristoe Campaign]], October 14 – November 9, 1863
**[[Overland Campaign]], May 5 – June 24, 1864
***[[Battle of the Wilderness]], May 5–7, 1864
***[[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]], May 8–21, 1864
***[[Battle of Cold Harbor]], May 31 – June 12, 1864
**[[Valley Campaigns of 1864|Valley Campaigns]], May 15 – October 19, 1864
**[[Bermuda Hundred Campaign]], May 6–20, 1864
**[[Siege of Petersburg]], June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865
**[[Appomattox Campaign]], March 29 – April 9, 1865
***[[Battle of Five Forks]], April 1, 1865
***[[Battle of Appomattox Court House]], April 9, 1865
*[[History of Virginia#Reconstruction|Virginia in Reconstruction]], 1865–1870
**Eighth former [[Confederate state]] readmitted to the United States on January 26, 1870
*[[Woodrow Wilson]] becomes 28th [[President of the United States]] on March 4, 1913
*[[Shenandoah National Park]] established on December 26, 1935

=== History of Virginia, by subject ===
*[[List of Virginia state legislatures]]

== Culture of Virginia ==

[[Culture of Virginia]]
* [[List of museums in Virginia|Museums in Virginia]]
* [[Religion in Virginia]]
** [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Virginia]]
** [[Episcopal Diocese of Virginia]]
* [[Scouting in Virginia]]
* [[State symbols of Virginia]]
** [[Flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia]] {{flagicon|Virginia}}
** [[Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia]] [[File:Seal of Virginia.svg|18px]]

=== The arts in Virginia ===
* [[Music of Virginia]]

=== Sports in Virginia ===

[[Sports in Virginia]]
* [[List of professional sports teams in Virginia|Professional sports teams in Virginia]]

==Economy and infrastructure of Virginia==

[[Economy of Virginia]]
* Communications in Virginia
** [[List of newspapers in Virginia|Newspapers in Virginia]]
** [[List of radio stations in Virginia|Radio stations in Virginia]]
** [[List of television stations in Virginia|Television stations in Virginia]]
* Health care in Virginia
** [[List of hospitals in Virginia|Hospitals in Virginia]]
* [[Transportation in Virginia]]
** [[List of airports in Virginia|Airports in Virginia]]
** Roads in Virginia
*** [[List of Interstate Highways in Virginia|Interstate Highways in Virginia]]
*** [[State highways in Virginia]]

== Education in Virginia ==

[[Education in Virginia]]
* Schools in Virginia
** [[List of school districts in Virginia|School districts in Virginia]]
*** [[List of high schools in Virginia|High schools in Virginia]]
** [[List of colleges and universities in Virginia|Colleges and universities in Virginia]]
*** [[University of Virginia]]
*** [[Virginia State University]]

==See also==
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* [[Virginia]]
* [[Index of Virginia-related articles]]
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